Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup January 30, 2017

Nuclear Roundup January 30, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. Iran Nuclear Deal Hollande Urges Trump to Respect Iran Nuclear Deal https://financialtribune.com/articles/national/58482/hollande-urges-trump-to-respect-iran-nuclear-deal Thomas R. Pickering column: Whatever happened to the Iran nuclear deal? http://www.richmond.com/opinion/their-opinion/guest-columnists/article_409dd34d-1719-5a84-bd05-111533e9229f.html Testing IR-8 Machines Milestone in Nuclear R&D https://financialtribune.com/articles/national/58484/testing-ir-8-machines-milestone-in-nuclear-rd United States Finger on the button: should Trump's nuclear weapons access be restricted? https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2017/jan/30/should-donald-trumps-access-to-nuclear-weapons-be-restricted U.S. Reviews Nuclear Strike Survival for Russia and China https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-30/nuclear-strike-survival-for-russia-china-get-new-u-s-review Nuclear Balancing and the Curse of the Heavy ICBM http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/01/30/nuclear_balancing_and_the_curse_of_the_heavy_icbm_110714.html New regs for Tuesday: Trump’s moratorium delays nuclear, ceiling fan rules http://thehill.com/regulation/316845-new-regs-for-tuesday-trumps-moratorium-delays-nuclear-ceiling-fan-rules Trump appoints Kristine Svinicki as chair of Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-appoints-kristine-svinicki-as-chair-of-nuclear-regulatory-commission/434960/ International As Secretary Mattis prepares for Asia visit, North Korea starts reactor http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/asia/north-korea-secretary-mattis-asia-visit/ North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Facility: Operations Resume at the 5 MWe Plutonium Production Reactor http://38north.org/2017/01/yongbyon012717/ The North Korean nuclear freeze mirage http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/316488-the-north-korean-nuclear-freeze-mirage North Korea could test midrange missile before ICBM http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/30/North-Korea-could-test-midrange-missile-before-ICBM-officials-say/2531485786539/ Can the US Prevent North Korea from Testing an ICBM? http://38north.org/2017/01/melleman012717/ China’s Happy to Sit Out the Nuclear Arms Race http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/30/chinas-happy-to-sit-out-the-nuclear-arms-race/ Japan’s ‘Unresolved’ Disaster Sways Former Advocate of Nuclear Power https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-29/japan-s-unresolved-disaster-sways-symbol-of-nuclear-opposition Why the World Needs to Watch the India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff http://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-the-world-needs-watch-the-india-pakistan-nuclear-19231 After Indira Gandhi's death, US assessed India could've crippled Pakistan's nuclear-plants http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/56861429.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Why Russia's New RS-28 Sarmat Nuclear Missile Matters http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-russias-new-rs-28-sarmat-nuclear-missile-matters-19241 Is Britain’s nuclear arsenal fit for purpose? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/27/is-uks-nuclear-arsenal-fit-for-purpose-trident General Interest WATCH: How far away would you need to be to survive a nuclear blast? http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-how-far-away-would-you-need-to-be-to-survive-a-nuclear-blast 14,900 nukes: All the nations armed with atomic weapons and how many they have http://www.businessinsider.com/number-nuclear-weapons-us-russia-world-2017-1 THE NUCLEAR ARSENALS OF CHINA AND THE U.S.: PLANS FOR A FUTURE ARMAGEDDON http://www.popsci.com/nuclear-arsenals-china-united-states Nuclear war is no longer the stuff of dystopian novellas – it's a very real and immediate threat http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-nuclear-war-doomsday-clock-russia-putin-gorge-orwell-apocalypse-real-immediate-threat-a7550761.html Why Nuclear Weapons Are A Bad Idea https://www.techmalak.com/why-nuclear-weapons-are-a-bad-idea/#.WI9U0FMrLX4 When Nuclear Bombs Go Wrong http://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/01/when-nuclear-bombs-go-wrong/ Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. Receive this message as a forward? Subscribe to the Nuclear Roundup here.

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